Maiko Fluff Series #2
Hey, people! Here is the second one!(I totally got this idea from Wii Sports Plus)
Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar the last Airbender or its characters, or Nintendo for that matter.
Theme: Skydiving
The bison-flyer of a large, cream-colored air bison called behind his shoulder, "We are now optimal diving zone. You are clear."
The dark-haired man turned his back to give a thumbs-up to the passenger in the back who nodded his head in response and inhaled a cloud of low-pressure air through his nostrils before standing up and centering his balance on the huge mammal's large saddle. Shielding his eyes with one of his hands, he looked upon the lands of the Fire Nation. His nation.
Firelord Zuko took one large leap out the saddle and into the air.
Instantly, the feeling of freefall engulfed him. It wasn't long before the fire master began to toy with different flips that would be much harder to do on the Earth below. The fluttering in his stomach had died away and left only peace. In the middle of his enjoyment, he failed to notice that another bison, this one more darker and off in the distance, had zoomed by.
No servants. No nagging advisors. Just him.
But that also meant no Mai.
She did not accompany him on his trip in the sky. "Heights and I just aren't good friends", he recalled her saying without raising her eyes from the scroll in her hand earlier that month. He hadn't questioned this statement, just left her to her studies.
So here there he was, a lonely Firelord, skydiving over the Fire Nation, thinking about his wife.
In the area that the unseen air bison had passed, a dot appeared.
Zuko continued to wallow in his moodiness. He didn't care. He was all-alone up there anyway.
Or so he thought. The dot became bigger and bigger by the second, closing in.
Zuko quickly became swallowed by his thoughts. Mai's wonderful features made his blood flow down in a southern direction. The powerful firebender turned over that so it gave the appearance that he was lying down on his back. Then he carelessly folded his hands behind his head and closed his eyes. For no particular reason, he started to describe her out-loud.
"Gorgeous, silky, black hair. Lovely skin…and her eyes. Those eyes… Wow, she's beautiful."
"I'll take it you're talking about me", an amused voice with a hint of playfulness interrupted his thoughts.
Zuko quickly opened his eyes, only to meet Mai's.
She was falling just above him, only a few inches away with her arms crossed in front of her chest and her face wearing that famous grin. Her black hair wasn't constricted in her usual bun style but rather set free to whip around her face as she fell above her husband.
"I thought you were afraid of heights." He didn't bother opening his eyes, but couldn't help the grin spreading across his calm features.
"Yeah, about that. I lied", Mai responded without a hint of remorse before angling her body to fly a few meters away away from Zuko. "See you at the bottom, fire boy!" the woman saluted before turning completely vertical and diving quicker.
"Hmm, so that's how you want to play" Zuko called after her, the grin growing even larger as his eyes trained on her. Pursing her, he lit his forearms aflame to propel himself faster.
"What makes you think you can beat me?" he asked her with a quizzical stare once becoming eye-level with her again.
"Because I'm a woman, so I can do this", Mai answered darkly. With a grin not unlike Zuko's, she dived down further before flipping herself onto her back, just below Zuko. She wrapped he arms around his neck, pulling him in and closed her eyes, hime following suit. However, at the last second, Mai twisted against him, pulled her legs to her chest and extended them upward, launching Zuko higher while thrusting herself even further towards the ground.
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Higher…
As it turns out, the royals were not the only ones skydiving in that particular zone that clear morning. In fact, they were pretty much getting stalked. Peter McPesky was a mediocre writer who was trying to obtain some scandalous information of the Firelord and the Queen to sell around. He received information from a disclosed outlet that they would be up there. As he jumped off the old, almost-retired bison, he fixed his small, note-taking scroll in his hands and felt at the cheap floating device he had bought at the market from a shady-looking vendor before glancing up to immediately meet the king himself, who was currently hurtling towards him.
"Oh my-" Pete thought.
What the annoying man didn't expect was for the Fire Lord to stop in mid launch while chuckling before speeding around and rocketing himself downward by propelling himself utilizing flames.
And Pete was right in the path of fire.
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It wasn't long before Zuko finally reached her again. He silently approached her from above before grabbing her by the waist, spinning her around, and pulling her into a kiss. When they parted, she stared at him with slightly parted (and swollen) lips before speaking to her husband.
"Who was that?"
"Who?" Zuko responded. Mai threw a quick glance upwards past his shoulder and thus his eyes followed. A singed man was diving a ways above them. They could just barely identify the burnt remains that were once a note scroll.
Zuko growled and cursed quietly beneath his breath. He was about ready to go up there and firebend the #!*$ out of the intruder but Mai's hand stopped him. "Let's do this the fun way, shall we?" she proposed with an evil smile before murmuring her plan to his ear.
He liked it.
Zuko grabbed her by the waist again and used firebending to keep them from descending any further. They hovered just above what could usually be considered the "danger zone".
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Pete dove down, with the fullest intention of catching up with the couple. If he cold at least speak to them…
Sure it would be an invasion of privacy, but that's just what his line of work called for.
He spotted the Queen of the Fire Nation blow a whistle that he himself had never seen before. How strange.
In a moments passing, a low moan could be heard as the air seemed disrupted. Then Pete heard himself yell in shock as a semi-ton bison rammed head first into him.
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The two watched as the old brownish bison ushered the man away. A rumbling which was comparable to chuckling filled the air. Air bisons were always humorous creatures.
"I love you and your twisted mind", Zuko said leaning in for a real, true kiss.
"I try", was Mai's only answer.
A column of fire lazily bended by the Fire Lord warmed and carried them as they kissed and steadily floated down to the lands of the Fire Nation. Their nation.
Hey! I am not very proud of this one as much as my other one. And yes, I totally got this idea from Wii Sports Plus. Well, the diving part at least. Please review.
